# Chapter 844: Xiao Yaohou VS Xuanyuan Wentian
"What do you mean? What did you do to Fen Juechen?" Tianxia Diyi said angrily.
"This venerable one has already explained enough, enough to let you clearly tell the King of Hell who sent you to the underworld after you see him. As for the rest, you simply don't need to know." Xuanyuan Wentian spread his hands and laughed arrogantly.
"The one who will go to the underworld is you!" Tianxia Diyi laughed coldly: "The fact that you know about Xiao Yaohou's affairs on the Tian Xuan Continent must have been told to you by Huangji Wuyu and those three, right? It seems they didn't tell you how miserably they lost at Xiao Yaohou's hands. Ha, that's not surprising—claiming to be so-called 'Sacred Lords,' yet losing like stray dogs when three of them joined forces, how could they have the face to tell such things. You coming here alone today could very well be because they're hoping you'll come to die!"
"Those three wastes?" Xuanyuan Wentian sneered, a terrifying strangeness flickering in his eyes: "How could they be worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as this venerable one! If there are people in this world who might pose even the slightest threat to this venerable one, there are only three. Two of them are now right before this venerable one's eyes, which means they will soon disappear completely. As for the last one, he will soon share the same fate as you."
The three he spoke of were Xiao Yaohou, Feng Xue'er, and Xia Yuanba.
As for Yun Che, he thought he was already dead.
"Oh, by the way, if you obediently hand over the Lunhui Jing first, I might consider granting you intact corpses."
"Dreaming in broad daylight even at death's door!" Tianxia Diyi roared through gritted teeth: "Xuanyuan Wentian! Although the disasters in our Huan Yao Realm in recent years were instigated by that beast Ming Wang, a hundred years of chaos, the death of the Former Demon Emperor, the death of the Demon King... every single one is an irreconcilable blood debt! Today, since you have come to us yourself, it is heaven's decree that the time has come for you to pay blood for blood!"
"Oh? Instigated by Ming Wang?" Xuanyuan Wentian narrowed his eyes, then burst into loud laughter, laughing louder and more wantonly than before: "Hahaha... hahaha... hahahahaha..."
"Fools will always be fools! Do you really think that just the four words 'mystery of divine profound' fabricated by Ming Wang back then could have led the Four Sacred Grounds to pay a huge price and risk to break into the Huan Yao Realm to seize a 'Lunhui Jing' they had never seen before? The Four Sacred Grounds have stood proudly on the Tian Xuan Continent for ten thousand years—do you think they would be so easily manipulated by a mere Ming Wang?"
"You... what do you mean?" The faces of Tianxia Diyi and Xiao Yun changed simultaneously. Even Xiao Yaohou, who had been silent, had a sudden flicker in her gaze.
"Hehehehe..." Xuanyuan Wentian laughed lowly and mockingly: "Back then, it was all thanks to this venerable one's pushing and guiding. I told Huangji Wuyu and the others that the matter of the 'mystery of divine profound' hidden within the 'Lunhui Jing' was absolutely true, that it was a secret passed down through generations from the founder of my Tian Wei Sword Domain, and that we had been secretly searching for the Lunhui Jing for generations."
"Of course, that alone wasn't enough. This venerable one was the first to contact Ming Wang afterward, and spared no expense in consuming a massive amount of resources to forge a spatial profound formation from the Tian Xuan Continent to the Huan Yao Realm—it was only then that they fully believed. And that foolish Ming Wang thought he had succeeded. Heh... He thought he was the one moving the chess pieces, little knowing that he was merely a chess piece under this venerable one's command!"
"Impossible! These are all your fabrications!" Tianxia Diyi rebuked angrily: "Since you knew that the so-called mystery of divine profound hidden in the Lunhui Jing was false, why would you do such a thing?"
"The so-called mystery of divine profound is undoubtedly false." Xuanyuan Wentian laughed lowly: "The true secret of the Lunhui Jing—I'm afraid even you people of the Huan Yao Realm don't know it! But this venerable one does! Although it has no mystery of divine profound, its true secret is far greater than a mere mystery of divine profound!"
"It has been in your Huan Yao Realm for so many years as nothing but a useless dead object—simply a waste of heaven's gift! Only when it falls into this venerable one's hands can all its secrets be unlocked, allowing it to rule the world together with this venerable one! Now that it has come to the Tian Xuan Continent, it is heaven's decree that it is destined to be this venerable one's prize!"
"In other words..." Xiao Yaohou, who had remained silent all along, suddenly spoke, each word colder and more bone-piercing than the ten-thousand-year ice of this Ice Extreme Snow Domain: "Compared to Ming Wang, you are the chief culprit who caused the calamity in my Huan Yao Realm!"
"Oh, you can think of it that way." Xuanyuan Wentian said with a smile: "By the way. Back then, the Demon Emperor was struck by Ming Wang into a spatial profound formation and fell into the Tianwei Town Soul Array that this venerable one had prepared for him. After capturing him, I originally intended to keep him alive to exchange for the Lunhui Jing. Who would have thought that old man's bones were extremely hard. To avoid being used as a bargaining chip, he actually severed his own heart meridian... Tsk, this venerable one had no choice but to personally end him. But he didn't die in vain—at least he was buried in my Sword Domain's medicinal garden to serve as good fertilizer."
"Xu... yuan... wen... tian!!"
The flames on Xiao Yaohou's body exploded like an erupting volcano. The Golden Crow Blaze ignited her calm, burning all her anger and killing intent: "This empress will grind your bones to dust and scatter your ashes today... even if I myself turn to ashes in the process!!"
The erupting flames dispelled the gloom of the sky, and the eternal snow around them disappeared at a terrifyingly rapid speed... not melting, but vanishing directly. The ice layer beneath their feet, accumulated over countless years, was also rapidly sinking, as if the entire earth was subsiding in trembling.
"Hahaha, good momentum. Unfortunately, you cannot accomplish it. With this venerable one's current power, there is simply no one in this world who can destroy this venerable one!"
Xuanyuan Wentian raised his arms horizontally. In an instant, the dark clouds in the sky and all the black aura around him swept in, converging into a massive dark vortex. His aura also began to rise sharply. When the dark vortex fully took shape, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering pressure enveloped the entire Ice Extreme Snow Domain.
"Ah!!?"
"Wha... what!?"
Under this dark pressure, immense fear appeared on everyone's faces. Especially Tianxia Diyi and Xiao Yun, who had firmly believed that Xuanyuan Wentian could never be a match for Xiao Yaohou—their expressions changed drastically.
Because this heavy pressure from Xuanyuan Wentian was in no way inferior to the flame spiritual pressure of Xiao Yaohou in her extreme anger.
The auras erupted by the two formed independent worlds around their bodies. One world was dark and gloomy, the other blazing gold and scorching. Where the two worlds touched, they twisted wildly, yet neither could overpower the other, nor could either invade the other's world.
"Th-this... this is impossible... what's going on!?" Tianxia Diyi was so shocked he couldn't speak coherently: "Xuanyuan Wentian's strength is at most a bit stronger than the Former Demon Emperor... how could it be... how could it be..."
"Brother said that Xuanyuan Wentian's terror lies not in his profound strength, but in his nature and schemes. He knew about Big Brother's affairs in the Huan Yao Realm, and should have long known about Xiao Yaohou's power after her bloodline awakened. He knew Xiao Yaohou was here today yet still dared to come... and alone—it's possible he truly has sufficient confidence." Xiao Yun inhaled sharply. Under these two terrifying auras, even with his strength, breathing was extremely difficult.
"..." Tianxia Diyi's expression shifted as he clenched his teeth tightly.
"All uncles and elders... retreat quickly!" Feng Xue'er shouted urgently. Xiao Yaohou was enraged, and Xuanyuan Wentian had come specifically to kill them—a deadly battle was unavoidable. And at this level of combat, even she had almost no qualification to intervene. The people of Bing Yun Fairy Palace... even if they were only slightly grazed by the aftershocks, they would surely die without a doubt.
"Heh, let this venerable one see how many rounds the Xiao Yaohou, who severed Ye Meixie's arm and scared Huangji Wuyu and Qu Fengyi out of their wits, can last under this venerable one's hands. Hahahahaha..."
Dark profound force twists a person's nature, making them more irritable, aggressive, bloodthirsty, arrogant... Xuanyuan Wentian had clearly become so. Amidst his wild laughter, the dark vortex behind him suddenly radiated countless dark lights and shadows, transforming into hundreds of dark tentacles that lashed out at Xiao Yaohou... and behind her.
If these dark tentacles only attacked Xiao Yaohou, she could have calmly dodged them and then counterattacked with explosive flames.
But now, not only could she not dodge, if she failed to block all of them, everyone behind her except Feng Xue'er would die.
"Damn it... quickly... retreat!!" Tianxia Diyi shouted in alarm.
The dark shadows descending from the sky caused all of them to lose their color... A supreme powerhouse's pressure should have been as heavy as a mountain pressing down on them, but the aura cast by Xuanyuan Wentian's attack was not that astonishingly oppressive—instead, it made them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave. Even before the dark shadows approached, it felt as if thousands of icy steel needles were piercing their bodies and souls, making them see the abyss of despair at a glance.
Such a terrifying sensation—they had never experienced it in their lives.
Xiao Yaohou raised her head slightly, her pupils now completely shining gold. She soared into the air, and before her, a massive golden fire lotus rapidly bloomed. All the dark tentacles were irresistibly pulled and drawn into the golden fire lotus.
Bang bang bang bang...
The dark power exploded continuously within the golden fire lotus, and the scattered dark force was forcibly devoured by the fire lotus. But at the same time, the blooming fire lotus gradually dimmed. A small portion of the dark aftershock broke free from the devouring and blasted toward the rear.
"Burning Star Demon Lotus!!"
Feng Xue'er's phoenix robe swayed. A crimson fire lotus bloomed in the sky, its petals stacking hundreds of layers in an instant, blocking the dark aftershock.
Boom...
The dark aftershock was incinerated, and the crimson fire lotus also exploded in midair, scattering into tens of thousands of shattered phoenix flames. The flames on Feng Xue'er's body briefly extinguished but immediately reignited. She raised her hands and formed a massive Phoenix Flame barrier: "You all go quickly! Take Brother Yun and Sister Cang Yue with you... Hurry!!"
Boom!!!
Xiao Yaohou had already charged at Xuanyuan Wentian. Sun-like golden flames exploded beneath Xuanyuan Wentian's feet, shaking the entire Ice Extreme Snow Domain violently.
The power before them exceeded their imagination and shattered their understanding. Though filled with countless unwillingness, Murong Qianxue understood clearly that with their strength, staying here would be useless and would only make them a burden.
"Sisters, we must leave quickly... Lan Yi, come with me to the cold pool and take the Palace Master away. Lianqie, Yue Li, organize all disciples to evacuate the fairy palace immediately. Xiao Yun, Senior Xiao and Her Majesty the Empress are in your hands!"
"Alright!"